Subgenre Sampler
Rental > Classics > Comedy: 881 Films to Rent
- Spaceballs (1987)
- Dir. Mel Brooks
Feat. Rick Moranis, Mel Brooks, John Candy…
- A rollicking and fairly successful Mel Brooks take–off of STAR WARS and the space–opera genre, with Rick Moranis irresistibly hilarious…
- Three O'Clock High (1987)
- Dir. Phil Joanou
Feat. Casey Siemaszko
- Bad day scenario finds teenage loner Siemaszko in a twist with the school’s leather–jacketed thug, who must wheedle out of a 3pm rendezvous…
- Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
- Dir. Danny De Vito
Feat. Billy Crystal, Danny De Vito, Kim Greist…
- Snappy comic spinoff of STRANGERS ON A TRAIN.
- Tin Men (1987)
- Dir. Barry Levinson
Feat. Danny De Vito, Richard Dreyfuss, Barbara Hershey
- A bitter feud escalates between aluminum–cladding salesm en Danny De Vito and Richard Dreyfuss in the 1950s. Both chinwaggers are in their…
- Witches of Eastwick (1987)
- Dir. George Miller
Feat. Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer…
- Lively comic fantasy about three bored spinsters whose dreams of Mr. Right unwittingly conjure up a diabolical Jack Nicholson.
- Back to School (1986)
- Dir. Alan Metter
Feat. Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Keith Gordon…
- The finest comedy to feature the loveably crass Rodney Dangerfield, here playing a millionaire who returns to university to set an example for his…
- Clockwise (1986)
- Dir. Christopher Morahan
Feat. John Cleese, Alison Steadman, Joan Hickson
- Headmaster John Cleese, with pupil in tow, gets hopelessly lost enroute to a conference. In a more deadpan mode than the usual Python–esque…
- Club Paradise (1986)
- Dir. Harold Ramis
Feat. Harold Ramis, Robin Williams, Peter O'Toole…
- Robin Williams retreats to a tropical Caribbean island, helping to renovate a run–down resort at the mercy of ruthless developers. With Jimmy…
- Crimes of the Heart (1986)
- Dir. Bruce Beresford
Feat. Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange, Sissy Spacek…
- Diane Keaton, Jessica Lange and Sissy Spacek play the Magrath sisters, who reunite in their family home in Mississippi to regroup and settle their…
- Crocodile Dundee (1986)
- Dir. Peter Faiman
Feat. Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, David Gulpilil…
- Immensely successful Aussie comedy with outbacker Hogan encountering New York.